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S. H. RAYMOND. GARPET SWBBPEB...

No. 563,678. Y

,Y Patented Aug. 22, 1893.

,SI'CLS jczymoncl W/TNESSES.' l -JL UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEE SILAS H. RAYMOND, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO T. STEWART WHITE AND THOMAS FRIANT, OF SAME PLACE.

oARPET-swEEPER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,678, dated August 22, 1893.

Application iiled July 20, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STLAs H. RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids. in the countsY of Kent and State of semina. 440.600. (No model.)

allowing the device to approach closer to the iioor when pressure is applied to said bail.

B is the brush shaft, which is provided with pulleys B at each end to engage the wheels Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarpet-Sweepers; andl do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in carpet sweepers, and its object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention, with the case separated; Fig. 2 an end elevation of the same, closed, and with portions brokenaway to show the construction 5 and Fig. 3 a transverse vertical section through the middle of the device.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the views. Y

The case is divided horizontally into two parts A and A', the lower part A consisting of the end walls D and the side walls D permanentl y attached at the corners, and the upper part A consists of the horizontal top O, and the inclined sides O O', which are all secured to the upper portions of two partitions D near each l end of the case. lower parts of said partitions D" are detachably secured to the end walls D by brackets L, permanently attached to said partitionspat one side, and secured at the other side to said end walls by removable screws L. The dust pans K are also attached to and connect said lower portions of the partitions D", which partitions are also provided with vertical slots I through which passes a rod H, on the outer end of which are journaled supporting and driving wheels G. Said rod and wheels abut against the inner surfaces of the end walls D and are there kept in place. Springs J are attached to said partitions D, and engage the rod H and force the same downward in the slots I, said springs yielding to vertical pressure upon the bail attached at N, and

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G. Said shaft is journaled in the inwardly turned lower ends of the flexible hangers C, which hangers are rigidly attached at their upper ends to the upper part A of the case, and are preferably connected at their upper ends by the substantially U shaped bent piece C integral with the same; said hanger C being flexible in both directions may be sprung apart to remove the brush, and also serve to press the pulleys Bagainst the driving wheels G with a constant spring pressure, regardless of the pressure upon the bail. The springs J serve only to depress the rod H and raise the case and the hangers press the pulleys B against the brush shaft. Depressions D are formed in the upper side of the lower part of the partition D to accommodate the brush shaft, and the pulleys B', hangers C, wheels G, and brackets L, are located between the end walls D and the partitions D. The respective parts A and A of the case are detachably secured to each other at one side by means of lugs F attached to the upper part A', and engaging the inner side of the adjacent side wall D. Said lugs are provided with projections F engaging depressions F in said walls, and at the other side said parts are secured by a spring hook E on the lower part, which engages a suitable plate E on the upper part. One side of the device is supported by the driving wheels G, and the other side of the same is supported by a shoe M which projects from the lower part beneath the spring hook E. This shoe has a ring M at the outer end and is adapted to serve as a handle to hold and manipulate the lower part of the case when ldetached from the upper part of the same, and also as a means by which the sweeper may be hung up out of the way when not in use.` By the described construction the device may be grasped by the bail, attached tothe upper part with one hand, and by the shoe M attached to the lower part with the other hand, and by releasing the spring hook E,from the plate E the parts of the case A and A may IOC be Sepa-rated, the upper part carrying with :it the brush shaft, which is now easy of laccess for clearing the brush of any accumulations, or for oiling its journals. y thus also be fully exposed and their contents may now be examined -at pleasure before they are emptied, -which :latter is done by Yturning By 'spring 1 the lower part of the case over. ing the hangers C apart, the brush shaft may be removed, vand by taking out the iscrewszlh 3 the lowerv part of the partitions D7 will bei released, and the driving Wheels G, rod H, and'` dust pans K may vbe `separa-,ed therefrom. The device is thus easily taken apart for'ref pairs or cleaning.

What I 'claim isl `i, in e eerpet sweeper, the feemhinat'ieh wiihthe ease, driving wheels@ brush 'shaft Vhavingpiiifieyii et it'sfehds engaging samer-ivfihg wheels, yend nexibie hangers enge-ging said fca'se fat their upper ends and said brush shaft et :their 4'low-ei ehdsseifd brush shefrieei limg' jeiimeled direenyfen seid hangers een said hangers serving te support said brush shaft end to press 'the puiieys rheiieen egeihet l saiddrivingwhee1s,siibstehrie11yes described. f2. Iii-e 'carpet sweeper, driveiwheelsgieerhelen en vertieeily mevbie bearings, @spring depressing 'said bearings, brush shaft, 'and' ifiex-iibl-'e hangers rigidly et'teehen te fthe ense .at their upper ends, `having seid british shaft joiirfneleden their iewer ends, end pressing" said :shaft toward said drive wheel-s, substah 3 tially as describedl3. .In a earpetsweepere-eese havihfgirssine f -ahdehd wens deteehabiy 'seeiiieii'te the iep of the same, hangers rigidly attaehedftofsaii Y iep at their uppe'rends, e brush shaft jeunheied en the lower -ehdsfef said hangers and The dust pans will l pressed. against said drivin-g. wheels by the same,-'partitiohs detachably Secured to the lower part of said case, dust pans attached to said partitions, vertical slotsin said partitions, a rod removably engaging said slots, driving wheels .gionurn'aled on .theends of said rod, and spring depressing seired, siibstehtiell y es -ieseribed i 4. In a carpet sweeper, the combination of theheasing; the drive wheels, the brush shaft, pulleys mounted. on the ends of said brush i shaft and engaging said drive wheels, and ex-ible hangers for said brush shaft, said hangers being rigidly secured at their upper ends to the casing `and having their lower ends bent and received byopeningsin the ends of said 'bresil shaft, sfubstmitiliyas shewnend ieeeibels.v I

5. The vherein 1deseriheii carpet sweeper, in which all of the parte may be fq-fuiekiy .seperate, Icon'sistnz'rg-ef the casing divided herifzentelly inte `tive parte fdeta'ehebly seem-ed `-together, the brush share nex-iible `fhehfgers supporting seibrush 'shefnsain ,hangers being secured te 'theu'pper of said partsbf the easing attfheir iipperendsnnd having their iewe'r @entre lremevaelyeng'aged with theeiids the brush shaft, prtitiens rdeteehaiply seeiied fwithin the -iewer part et said easing, 'the dest pan secured te Ysaid pahtftiensyared 'jehrheled in sais partitiensend the drive wheelsih 4the ehdsef said red, all substantially as shown and described. K l

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A Sil-:AS LH. RAYMOND- Witnesses:

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